Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-02-23
TAKING CARE OF CLOTHES.
Different Ways to Make Them Last and
Look Well.

The proper care of mems as we'll a
women's clothing has a great deal TO d,
not only with it's looking well. but with tn,
length OF time which it lasts. Clothes O
wool which are rarely brushed and neve]
hung out OF doors soon come to have ar
appearance OF long use, when the same
clothes, if carefully brushed every dav. an6
frequently hung out Of doors, will always
be fresh, and will keep theirgood looks very
much longer. Care should be used to select
a brush, broom or whisk of 6ne broom
corn. 1t will cost more than the coarser
ones. but in the end will be a saving, az
the coarser ones wear the clothing
more RAPIDLY. Coats and c]oaks
should be hung always on the little wire
frames. costing but five or ten cents, which
come Tor that purpose. The frames should
first be covered with some soft material to
prevent the garments from breaking over
their edges. II made of wood, this is not
necessary; the wooden ones. however. are a
little more expensive. 1t is bet ter to hang
thar TO Told almost all dresses that are not
wash dresses, if one has sufficient room
but if the room is limited and the dresses
crowded it hung. then they should be folded
as anything is better thar the 'stringv"
look which dresses crowded together in a
small closet may soon acquire.
Ia dress or wooden material has anv
drapery, it will be found to keep it's fresh
ness very much longer if the skirt is always
bottom upward. With a little practice
and care this will be easily done, and the
creases prevented which come SO quickly
even in the best of materials from the folds
hanging always the same way, both
whom in uo,- o-l .ml--
down in a damp dress if it ca.l be avoided,
for nothing SO successfully creases it. It
should be at once taken off and hung in a
good position to dry.
Closets in which clothing is kept should
be aired every day. If dresses are to lie in
trunks or drawers they should be folded
with great care n always right side out, |
particularly if lined, as the dress material, /
folding over the lining, prevents in a meas |
ure it's creasing. Dresses which can be
hung right side out crease and string much |
less thar those which are hung up wrong
side out. They may he easily protected
from dust by hanging a sheet or a curtain
made OF calico over them. Hats and bon.
nets should be kept we'll brushed with q
soft manila brush. Whisks are too stiff
and harsh to be used. When not in use
they should be kept in a box or close closet
or drawer, if one chances to have them Of
depth.
Ii summer dresses of wash materials arc
folded smoothly on taking them off
Ihey Will require, unless actually soiled.
much less frequent laundering than
when hung. Treated in this wav by a mod.
careful person, a linen lawn dress
nay sometimes be worn every day for two
weeks. The dress, however, must have
oeen well done up to commence with.
Inc care OF boots, shoes and SINNERS
"nlch DO their full share in giving one q
10y, weil-dressed air, must not he forgot.
Firstly, never allow a heel or shoe tn
'ecome turnover at the heel. No heel il
'etter than a turnover one. If you cannot
moro to keep them straight by freuuent
'ebu'ldlng, cut off the lift each time one ho.
'omes run over. With great care this
Ia blt OF running over heels may be almost
ntirely cured. A greater assistance than
lalis on the side run over is to nave a
wedge forced between the LAYERS n
neei on the run over side. thus forcing
loot to tread the other way. If this is
,ers1stently kept up the boot will soon
0 a greatimprovement. ABBOTT shonld
lever be worn with buttons off. or with
;nots in the shoestrings, both being nm. .
10y. No matter how old a boot NAV ha :
ven ii patched, if the buttons are ali ~
ne heels straight and it is we'll blackened ;.
: has a tidy. we'll dressed appearance
llppers, above all things, must be ire {
in the way OF being whole and t
'sl! b~lackened.